Alt Protein Answers

How can plant-based, cultured meat, and precision fermentation entrepreneurs demonstrate lasting potential to investors in an increasingly competitive landscape during unstable market conditions? Simple - back to basics.  It's all about demonstrating with data A) your ONE main competitive advantage B) your functional benefit to the end consumer (taste, texture, flavor are always queen). Lisa Feria, Managing Partner and CEO of Stray Dog Capital, joins us to discuss: How her CPG experience informs investing strategy  How her outlook has changed in the current economic landscape and amidst all the "doomsday" talk surrounding alt-protein declines How she approaches diversification when so many plant-based - and increasingly cell-based - companies have similar concepts?  What metrics most stand out to differentiate?

THE Elisabeth Alfano, creator the VEGTECH index, host of Plant-Based Business Hour, founder of Plant-Powered Consulting, brings us all her wisdom on: Interdisciplinary approaches to understand the whole Plant-Based supplychain; creating a rich life with food, and bringing that value into your business; using COVID-19’s aftermath to spark discourse on animal agriculture; Extending global reach online during quarantine; tactical vs philosophical approaches to growing plant-based; and the FIRST VEGAN INDEX!

What IS sustainable storytelling?! Mel Bandler is here to enlighten us on: How to actually COMMUNICATE your value prop; The 2 most important questions to ask when crafting your brand story; how to make your story accessible; sustainability and price elasticity; end to end storytelling with large partners; the most common sustainable storytelling pitfalls and challenges; prioritizing brand conversion vs channel conversion; and so much more!

Big Idea Ventures' Christian Nguyen Cadeo and Andrew Ive join me for a rollicking good time, discussing: Operating a 24/7 Singapore and NewYork based VC; How to communicate in a global org to ensure success; Building a portfolio of female-led investments; How exactly one STARTS a fund!; Big Idea’s wins and challenges; the FIRST EVER CELL BASED EXIT; Tips on facilitating international collaboration; How to approach working with large food companies (Big Food!)

Po Bronson and Arvind Gupta discuss their hit book Decoding the World: A Roadmap for the Questioner.  SUCH an inightful conversation on how we can ALL use our unique skills to change the world with biotech, how to drop your ego and follow your curiosity to rewrite the future, where philosophy and science meet, and using bonding and joy as fuel to end travesty.  Arvind and Po truly embody the question 'what's this tech all FOR?'  PS - Apologies for the Darth Vader breathing in the background here - we let him sit in on the interview ;)

Tech to Food superstar Eric Archambeau, Co-Founder of Astanor Ventures, was kind enough to sit down with me to discuss: Shifting the quantity over quality narrative in mainstream grocery; Using tech investment principles to change the food system; Systemic Disruption Potential as a measure for investment; Shifting sustainable investing from niche to norm; and due diligence processes for examining the whole supply chain’s sustainability. I learned so much and I hope you do, too!

The African Alternative Protein Landscape is ready to TAKE! OFF! Hakeem Jimo, Co-Founder of Veggie Victory, tells the story of creating Nigeria's first plant-based meat company. Join us to learn: African alt protein landscape innovation, distribution, and merchandising intricacies; how Hakeem and co-founder Bola Adeyanju tailored their product to traditional recipes; where plant-based fits into the 'aspirational' perception of meat; and much more. LOVED THIS EPISODE!

Rancher and regenerative agriculture expert Rich Bradbury and I have WAY more in common than you might think.  He envisions a future where farmers are empowered to feed a better future, and so do I.  Today we discuss actionable steps to leverage shared sustainability goals, finding common ground between ranchers, plant-based, and cell-based experts; Rich gives a rancher's perspective on the plant-based boom; and I share a controversial opinion you definitely want to check out.

75% of women in plant-based and cell-based face gender bias.  50% have been harassed by an investor.  Jenny Stojkovic and team discovered these findings (and more) in their Founder Survey, and she's doing everything in her power to combat this.  Join Jenny and I to connect on what it means to be a women in alternative protein, and how the industry needs to step up for all the women to come.

Plant-Based investment has blown up this year, and cell-based won't be far behind.  Alt Protein Impact Investor Willem Blom shares on: how a meat tax could save the EU billions in healthcare costs, evaluating investments based on evolving flexitarianism, and retail, distribution, and regulation challenges in Europe. Thank you for being part of this community!  Love and light Xx